My son saw his friend in a casket today. He never knew how it would effect him. He went to pay his respects and came back with so much more. You see, mortality becomes real when you are faced with the death of someone you were able to laugh with...and share with. A child will be buried this week due to reckless behavior and the truth is...all that really matters is that he is gone. To see him in a casket moved my son enough to crystallize that truth. To let him be and closely watch is now my job. To make sure he learns the right lesson. He will soon begin to understand "why" and this will in turn create the better man he is meant to be. There are many lessons to be learned but sometimes you do better sitting back to listen and watch him cry. There are no consoling words when you see the friend you shared a part of yourself with...be gone forever.
These are the soldiers of our day. A youth that find themselves fighting a system that would have them dependent. They do wrong to feed their families because their pride would have it no other way. They risk everything because their limited education forces them into a fast life. They only do the best they can with what the "zeitgeist" thinks they deserve, looking all the while...for the big score. What begins dark...almost always ends in death unless a change comes. Please God let it come...
Lord,
May my son learn what You need him to...
~Apollo
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